by mickiWordpress | Apr 13, 2016 | Dating
If you have written your online dating profile, you know by now it is the least romantic, and most business like part of dating. Many people fill out online dating profiles similarly to completing any other beaurocratic form – quickly and efficiently. Little...
by mickiWordpress | Apr 13, 2016 | Dating, Relationship
Getting a conversation started on a first date isn’t always easy. After all, on blind dates especially, we have few points of connection that we are yet aware of. By having a few key points in mind we can turn an ordinary first date into one where we can create an...
by mickiWordpress | Apr 13, 2016 | Dating, Engagement, Marriage, Relationship
Miri shared with me that when and her boyfriend Moshe became serious, he gave her an ultimatum. He told her to either move in before marriage or to end the relationship. Miri said that when this decision was presented to her in this way, she saw only two options. She...
by mickiWordpress | Apr 13, 2016 | Dating, Love, Pre-relationship, Relationship
In Megillat Esther, a theme throughout is masks, or the hidden and the revealed. Vashti, hides from her husband to avoid being shown off by her husband Achashverosh. Bigtan and Teresh hide under the palace stairs as they plot out killing the king. As readers of the...
by mickiWordpress | Apr 13, 2016 | Dating, Relationship
In this week’s Torah portion — Chaye Sarah (The Life of Sarah), we meet the first matchmaker. Avram requests from Eliezer, his manservant, to seek out a suitable wife for his son Yitzchak. Eliezer is at first daunted by this, as he expresses his doubts about his...